People

Dr. Kristina Slagle is a researcher and instructor in the Environmental and Social Sustainability Lab in the School of Environment and Natural Resources at Ohio State University. She focuses on decision making under risk, and how this impacts policies related to fisheries and wildlife conservation, and is particularly interested in conservation on privately-owned landscapes.   

As a Jewish early childhood educator I love teaching children to find the joy of the everyday rituals that make up the rhythms of our lives. I focus my teaching on tikkun olam (repair the world) l'dor v'dor (from generation to generation). A lifelong lover of every bird and plant I come across I can often be found guiding conversations  about natural resources with three year olds or with my Girl Scout troop. 

Hello! My name is Cassie Poray and I am a soon to be college graduate from Ohio State University. My degree is in Natural Resource Management with a specialty in Parks and Recreation Visitor Services. I am looking to create opportunities to get youth outdoors and help them foster a connection with the world around them. I have worked as both a camp counselor and an outdoor educator in addition to working as an intern for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. A fun fact about myself is that I am a part of the inagural class of female Eagle Scouts.

Student, Sustainable Parks, Recreation and Tourism, College of Natural Resources, Michigan State University

I am currently a State Park Superintendent for Texas Parks and Wildlife. I have a Master's degree in Environmental Sustainability and Natural Resource Management where I focused on freshwater ecology and the creation of conservation educational programs through citizen science.